Many of us go about our day without ever giving even a whimsical thought to where our clothing comes from. More often than not, and to a greater extent, we are concerned with staying abreast of fashion trends, style, or who’s name is on the tag.

But what if you were faced with the harsh reality of our clothing industry face-to-face? What if you spent a few weeks sleeping on the dirty floor of a cramped ghetto in order to work 14-hour days for a paltry $3.00 USD?

“Sweatshop: Deadly Fashion”, a Norwegian docu-reality show, sent three fashion-savvy youngsters to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh in order to live the life of a textile factory worker.

At first, it seemed as though none of the young adults understood just how rough, or emotional, life was going to be as a factory worker. Fashion blogger Anniken essentially dismissed the sweatshop workers’ plights, and with a laissez faire attitude, suggested they shouldn’t complain too much because they were “used to it.”

Before long, the entire trio – Frida, Ludvig and Anniken – were singing a different tune as they quickly discover that each person, no matter their role or position in life, has value....

Many of us go about our day without ever giving even a whimsical thought to where our clothing comes from. More often than not, and to a greater extent, we are concerned with staying abreast of fashion trends, style, or who’s name is on the tag.

But what if you were faced with the harsh reality of our clothing industry face-to-face? What if you spent a few weeks sleeping on the dirty floor of a cramped ghetto in order to work 14-hour days for a paltry $3.00 USD?

“Sweatshop: Deadly Fashion”, a Norwegian docu-reality show, sent three fashion-savvy youngsters to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh in order to live the life of a textile factory worker.

At first, it seemed as though none of the young adults understood just how rough, or emotional, life was going to be as a factory worker. Fashion blogger Anniken essentially dismissed the sweatshop workers’ plights, and with a laissez faire attitude, suggested they shouldn’t complain too much because they were “used to it.”

Before long, the entire trio – Frida, Ludvig and Anniken – were singing a different tune as they quickly discover that each person, no matter their role or position in life, has value. Anniken declares that upon returning to Norway that it is their responsibility to change the industry and influence policy change.

“The series is a heartbreaking indictment of both clothing brands and the effect our daily economic decisions — like what blouse to buy, or which restaurant to eat at — can have on other human beings around the world.” – Danute Rasimaviciute

You can watch the entire series, with English subtitles, on the Norwegian After Posten website. It will change your perspective of the fashion industry, and more than likely, move you to tears.

The shooting happened January 17th when Officer Chansey McMillin tried to search Terence Walker outside a church, according to KOTV. Police had been called to the wedding due to reports of a disturbance between Walker and a woman identified as either his girlfriend or ex-girlfriend. Pastor Andre Jones made the 911 call, and told police “he’s here with a gun,” The Oklahomanreported.

]]>Police released a graphic body cam video that shows a Muskogee, Oklahoma, police officer shooting a 21-year-old man after a foot chase.

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The shooting happened January 17th when Officer Chansey McMillin tried to search Terence Walker outside a church, according to KOTV. Police had been called to the wedding due to reports of a disturbance between Walker and a woman identified as either his girlfriend or ex-girlfriend. Pastor Andre Jones made the 911 call, and told police “he’s here with a gun,” The Oklahomanreported.

As he was being patted down, Walker fled. McMillian, who was wearing a body camera, chased him.

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Several seconds into the chase, Walker turned and briefly stooped to the ground, seemingly to pick something up.

Officer McMillin fired five shots, striking Walker. He was pronounced dead at the scene. In the video, it appears as though responding officers discovered a handgun under Walker’s body.

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Police said they released the video in an effort to be transparent. Muskogee Sgt. Michael Mahan said that “it is our belief that the video clearly shows the suspect pointing the gun at the officer.” Mahan also told KFOR that “from everything we can see in the video, the officer responded appropriately.”

After the shooting, police found a loaded gun near Walker’s body, KFOR reported.

Videos such as these come in the wake of the Mike Brown shooting that unfolded in St. Louis last year, but they are still rare as departments across the nation slowly form policy and enact changes among the ranks.

The great debate on what is healthy seems to rage on endlessly these days, with no shortage of “experts”. There are bacon fanatics, vegans, paleo believers, raw foodies, wheat haters, vegetarians, and a million others in between the extremes.

The amazing infographics below represent a generally “healthy” diet with some catering more towards the vegetarians/vegans and some obviously leaning toward the meat eaters. I assure you, there is something useful in here for everyone.

1. Quick and easy meals.

Women’s Health / Via womenshealthmag.com

2. Are you eating enough fruit every day?

Photos by Grace Hitchcock for PopSugar / Via popsugar.com

3. Sugar lurks behind many interesting and healthy-sounding names.

Women’s Health / Via womenshealthmag.com

4. Cancer thrives in an acidic (sugary) environment. How much do you consume?

5. Choose your vegetables wisely. Adding ANY sort of veggie to your meal is a great idea, but these offer the most bang for the buck. It is surprising to find kale so far down the list, given its hip, trendy nature these days!

The great debate on what is healthy seems to rage on endlessly these days, with no shortage of “experts”. There are bacon fanatics, vegans, paleo believers, raw foodies, wheat haters, vegetarians, and a million others in between the extremes.

The amazing infographics below represent a generally “healthy” diet with some catering more towards the vegetarians/vegans and some obviously leaning toward the meat eaters. I assure you, there is something useful in here for everyone.

1. Quick and easy meals.

Women’s Health / Via womenshealthmag.com

2. Are you eating enough fruit every day?

Photos by Grace Hitchcock for PopSugar / Via popsugar.com

3. Sugar lurks behind many interesting and healthy-sounding names.

Women’s Health / Via womenshealthmag.com

4. Cancer thrives in an acidic (sugary) environment. How much do you consume?

5. Choose your vegetables wisely. Adding ANY sort of veggie to your meal is a great idea, but these offer the most bang for the buck. It is surprising to find kale so far down the list, given its hip, trendy nature these days!

6. Looking to spruce up your salad? Here is a handy guide from the classic to the daring.

Via prevention.com

7. Worried your fresh foods will spoil or wilt before you get around to eating them? Here are some pointers on the best practices for storing your food to keep them fresh and safe!

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8. 13 Exciting hummus recipes!

Via shape.com

9. Snacking on Nuts? You don’t need to stock up for winter. You’re not a squirrel!

11. Ten tasty, homemade soups. I’m a big fan of soups, especially after purchasing a Vitamix blender/juicer. I just throw bits and pieces of veggies that are nearly at the end of their freshness cycle in there and blend with some sort of broth or stock, perhaps some frozen or canned, organic vegetables, spices and herbs, and voila!, a super healthy, steaming hot dinner in 5 minutes. I think I’ve made a dozen different types of tomato soup in the last two weeks alone!

These soups all use the same basic recipe. Check out more information at All Souped Up, via Shape.

According to the official Gray State Facebook profile, David Crowley, director and screenwriter of the film, has died. Crowley, along with his wife and five year old daughter, were found in their Apple Valley home in what police have labeled a murder-suicide.

An image from Crowley’s Instagram

Gray State, still in production, is a dystopic film showcasing a near-future America occupied by a militaristic police state, filled with FEMA camps, quarantines, and action-packed explosions.

While the film received quite a bit of buzz online, it has been in production for over four years, seemingly stuck in a quagmire of financial issues.

The three people found dead in an Apple Valley home Saturday afternoon included two adults and one child, police said Sunday morning.

Officers went to a house in the 1000 block of Ramsdell Drive after a neighbor called about bodies inside. A statement from Apple Valley police Sunday morning said those dead included a child, and that they considered it “an apparent murder-suicide.”

Next-door neighbor Collin Prochnow, who discovered the bodies and notified police, said Sunday that the deceased were David Crowley, 29, his wife, Komel, 28, and their 5-year-old daughter.

According to the official Gray State Facebook profile, David Crowley, director and screenwriter of the film, has died. Crowley, along with his wife and five year old daughter, were found in their Apple Valley home in what police have labeled a murder-suicide.

An image from Crowley’s Instagram

Gray State, still in production, is a dystopic film showcasing a near-future America occupied by a militaristic police state, filled with FEMA camps, quarantines, and action-packed explosions.

While the film received quite a bit of buzz online, it has been in production for over four years, seemingly stuck in a quagmire of financial issues.

The three people found dead in an Apple Valley home Saturday afternoon included two adults and one child, police said Sunday morning.

Officers went to a house in the 1000 block of Ramsdell Drive after a neighbor called about bodies inside. A statement from Apple Valley police Sunday morning said those dead included a child, and that they considered it “an apparent murder-suicide.”

Next-door neighbor Collin Prochnow, who discovered the bodies and notified police, said Sunday that the deceased were David Crowley, 29, his wife, Komel, 28, and their 5-year-old daughter.

My good friends over at Free Mind Films have released the teaser trailer for their 3rd documentary, ShadowRing, an expose of the Council on Foreign Relations, with notable interviews of Ben Swann, Gerald Calente, Katherine Albrecht, G. Edward Griffin, Adam Kokesh, Chuck Baldwin, Joyce Riley, and narrated by Hercules-star, Kevin Sorbo!

“This new and exciting documentary will build on the successes of ‘State of Mind: The Psychology of Control’, Free Mind Films’ follow-up to the multiple award winning documentary exposé, ‘A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995’. Free Mind Films has decided to work with international best-selling author James Perloff to tell the virtually unknown story of the Council On Foreign Relations (CFR) and how that organization is the key to understanding how our world has become what we see today. Mr. Perloff literally wrote the book on the CFRs existence more than 20 years ago and now he’s back with a new book titled “Truth is a Lonely Warrior” which he is used as the research platform to write the script for ‘ShadowRing’. ShadowRing will entertainingly unfold the events that led to the creation of the CFR, the important players who were instrumental in the council’s success within American politics, and how the CFR wields unimaginable influence over the geo-political agenda of the United States and consequently the events that have shaped our world for the last 100 years....

My good friends over at Free Mind Films have released the teaser trailer for their 3rd documentary, ShadowRing, an expose of the Council on Foreign Relations, with notable interviews of Ben Swann, Gerald Calente, Katherine Albrecht, G. Edward Griffin, Adam Kokesh, Chuck Baldwin, Joyce Riley, and narrated by Hercules-star, Kevin Sorbo!

“This new and exciting documentary will build on the successes of ‘State of Mind: The Psychology of Control’, Free Mind Films’ follow-up to the multiple award winning documentary exposé, ‘A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995’. Free Mind Films has decided to work with international best-selling author James Perloff to tell the virtually unknown story of the Council On Foreign Relations (CFR) and how that organization is the key to understanding how our world has become what we see today. Mr. Perloff literally wrote the book on the CFRs existence more than 20 years ago and now he’s back with a new book titled “Truth is a Lonely Warrior” which he is used as the research platform to write the script for ‘ShadowRing’. ShadowRing will entertainingly unfold the events that led to the creation of the CFR, the important players who were instrumental in the council’s success within American politics, and how the CFR wields unimaginable influence over the geo-political agenda of the United States and consequently the events that have shaped our world for the last 100 years.

Expert witnesses and testimony will be weaved together with a historical visual landscape designed to present the inherent complexity of this subject in a way that is palatable for someone who has no prior knowledge of the CFR or what power it has over our lives. Source documents will give credibility to these incredible and life shattering revelations.

By providing the audience with the facts and avoiding opinions or conjecture, ShadowRing will break down the dis-information and unlock the secrets of the CFR providing fertile ground to encourage a new public debate on the ethical and moral implications of allowing such a small group of individuals to command such power and influence over our lives.”

The stock market has been on a meteoric rise over the last year or so, while precious metals have been on a downhill slope. This occurs because the market becomes comfortable, and quite frankly, greedy, as stocks continue to rise while interest rates remain at or near zero. Gold and silver stocks are mostly considered to be a long-term investment, and are relatively safe, but the allure of fast money compels investors to abandon the precious metals ship and climb aboard the risky, manipulated train of paper stocks.

It is a simple, inverse equation – stocks go up, metals go down. Stocks go down, metals go up. Do you believe that the current stock market gravy train will sustain itself? Or should we take steps to mitigate a massive market change and invest while metals are at their lowest levels in nearly half a decade?

The US economy is dead. The Fed has known this for a long time, but pumped it up to where it is now to draw in all the greater fools, the so-called big investors who have made money like honey from QE and ZIRP.

The stock market has been on a meteoric rise over the last year or so, while precious metals have been on a downhill slope. This occurs because the market becomes comfortable, and quite frankly, greedy, as stocks continue to rise while interest rates remain at or near zero. Gold and silver stocks are mostly considered to be a long-term investment, and are relatively safe, but the allure of fast money compels investors to abandon the precious metals ship and climb aboard the risky, manipulated train of paper stocks.

It is a simple, inverse equation – stocks go up, metals go down. Stocks go down, metals go up. Do you believe that the current stock market gravy train will sustain itself? Or should we take steps to mitigate a massive market change and invest while metals are at their lowest levels in nearly half a decade?

The US economy is dead. The Fed has known this for a long time, but pumped it up to where it is now to draw in all the greater fools, the so-called big investors who have made money like honey from QE and ZIRP. […] The Fed will raise rates because that will make the biggest banks the most money. There’s nothing else that matters. The Fed can’t revive the US economy, that’s just a foolish notion. But it can suck a lot of wealth out of it. – Zero Hedge.com, The Fed Has a Big Surprise For You

We saw a massive spike in silver and gold prices back in 2011 and 2012, when the stock market was tumbling, the Federal Reserve was printing hundreds of billions of dollars that were aptly titled, “Quantitative Easing”, and the public was still reeling from the 2008 depression. During this time, silver rose to historic highs, approaching $50 per ounce, gold was approaching $2,000 an ounce, and the stock market was taking a brutal beating. It’s about to happen again as soon as the Fed is forced to raise rates.

Right now, silver is trading near $18.64 – $18.70 per ounce, the lowest it has been in four years.

I don’t typically make market suggestions or claim to have any qualified investing experience, but I do preach about owning tangible goods, which certainly include physical gold and silver. I’ve just made another sizable silver purchase because I do not believe the stock market can or will sustain itself. Whether you choose to buy-in at a 4-year low is up to you, but I’m confident that I’ll be writing another editorial this time next year when silver is trading above $25 an ounce. Whether I make a profit or not isn’t the point; I have protected my current wealth and created an emergency financial plan for a sudden market correction, and that is what truly matters to me.